TitleResolution to Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with URS Corporation Great Lakes Inc., (URS) for the Ann Arbor Station Environmental Review ($137,026.00)MemorandumAttached for your review and consideration is a resolution authorizing Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with URS Corporation Great Lakes Inc. (URS) for additional detailed environmental review and public engagement effort for the Ann Arbor Station Environmental Review. Council Resolution R-13-321 approved a Professional Services Agreement with URS for conceptual design and environmental review services for the Ann Arbor Station Environmental Review Project for $824,875.14 including contingencies. Council Resolution R-16-439, approved Amendment No. 1 for $126,798.72 bringing the total contract amount to $951,673.86. This amendment for $137,026.00 will bring the total amount of the contract with URS to $1,088,699.86, which will be funded with $101,131.00 from the existing contract contingency funds and $35,895.00 of additional money from the existing project budget.

The current scope of work for this agreement included environmental review for one "preferred alternative" in accordance with the Federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This contract amendment is needed to support a scope that includes preparing a more detailed NEPA document for multiple locations for a passenger rail station as is being required by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the federal agency administering the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program funding this effort.

The additional scope items to be performed at the request of the FRA include: